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> though sometimes there was a thin strip of East Berlin strictly speaking There were also secret doors in the wall, and on several occasion people from the we
by azag0 9y ago
> though sometimes there was a thin strip of East Berlin strictly speaking
There were also secret doors in the wall, and on several occasion people from the western part who ended up on this thin strip adjacent to the wall were "kidnapped" by the stasi to the east and later usually traded for eastern agents captured in the west.
- blkhawk 9y agobullshit. please don't spread retarded rumors.
- yorwba 9y agoI did seem pretty outlandish to me, but it seems to have happened occasionally: https://www.welt.de/kultur/history/article13519471/Als-ein-weisser-Strich-die-Mauer-zum-Politikum-machte.html https://www.welt.de/kultur/history/article13519471/Als-ein-w... A less detailed article in English about the same event: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/03/east-german-punks-berlin-wall-radical-art-stunt https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/03/east-ge...
- blkhawk 9y agookay your google-fu seems to be stronger than mine. At least all elements mentioned in the original comment are there even the stasi-IM.
- azag0 9y agoI don't really remember where have I heard about this. It definitely wasn't an article online. It might have been the museum at Bernauer Str.